Vroman's Local Author Day Introducing Carlos Vasquez, S.L. Cook, and Scott Coon
Carlos Vasquez presents Warrior in the Garden: 7 Rules for Men
This work is an exploration of masculinity penned by an author who unearthed the essence of true manhood under harrowing circumstances in prison serving a 20-year sentence. Vasquez's work reveals how the rules he learned for survival and integrity behind bars are equally vital for men in the free world.
S.L. Cook presents A Snow Leopard Names Midas
After his girlfriend is kidnapped, brutalized, and left drugged in a filthy hotel, Midas McNight is forced to return to a persona he buried years before: A ruthless and lethal black bag operator known to a chosen few as The Snow Leopard.
But that was a long time ago, and Midas is not the same man. This wary and aging soldier now has no choice but to face a small army of former associates who want to eliminate him and everyone he cherishes.
“A Snow Leopard Named Midas” goes to the heart of the anxiety and unease now pervasive throughout not only the United States but beyond its borders as well. Told through flawed survivors committed to a war against apathy and fear, as well as enemies which, due to sheer numbers and organization, can never truly be overcome.
Those trying to make incremental improvements in a world where wrong people inevitably win.
Scott Coon presents Godless Armageddon
Thom dies in World War II and enters a godless afterlife where souls are clouds upon a golden ocean around the Earth.
He blames himself for ending his family name. He doesn't know why he never married because he's buried it too deep: Thom is gay.
To help him, Thom's dad reaches out from inside a soul well-a monster made of captured souls. But all Thom sees is his father apologizing for something while dying in World War I. Determined to rescue his father, Thom teaches himself how to fight the soul wells with weaponized memories.
Others want Thom to stop the soul wells before they unleash Earth's Armageddon and consume all souls, living and dead. But Thom just wants to atone for ending his family name.
